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- APPLlCATlON FILED AUG. 19, I915.

11,,Q3@,59%, Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

g ATTORNEY {MED snares ALBERT C. STRESIN G, F R,OCHE$TER, NEW YORK.

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T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. STRESING, of Rochester, county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Easel, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My present invention relates to ease-ls and particularly to easels used by glaziers for use in supporting window or door frames while the glass is being fitted thereto and it has for its particular object to provide such an easel in which a vertically adjustable support for holding the window frame is movable on an upright frame to occupy a position most convenient for the workman. It further includes improvement in the man ner of guiding the support on the upright, whereby the support may be moved freely as far as the floor without obstruction, for

the purpose of accommodating long windows or doors.

A further object is to provide means for normally moving the support to its highest 7 position, and in addition locking means whereby it may be held against movement in either direction.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter set forth, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a glaziers easel constructed in accordance with my invention;

'Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof on the line 2-2, of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the locking member and associated parts; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 55, Fig. 1, showing the con struction of the guiding strips.

My improved easel comprises an upright portion, carrying a vertically movable supporting frame for holding a window or door frame while a glass is being applied thereto. The supporting frame is normally moved upwardly when empty by a counter balance and may be locked in any desired position against movement in either direction, by a locking member on the support cooperating with a locking bar on the upright.

Referring more particularly to the draw- Specification of Letters Patent.

'a center bar 2 Patented Aug. 28, 191?.

Application filed August 19, 1915. Serial N0. 463%;

ings A represents the upright portion or frame, embodying parallel side bars; 1 and connected by the upper cross bars 3 and l secured to the front and rear faces respectively of the bars and a lower cross bar 5. located between the bars and included between the front and rear faces thereof. The upright A is provided with an adjustable leg B hinged to the cross bar 4 and capable of; being folded against the bars 1, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 or eX- tended as shown in full lines to support the upright at any desired angle. The bars 1. are provided with guide strips 6 extending from the upper cross bar 3. to the lower ends of the bars, each of the stri as being formed with an overhanging ledge Y and the strips being disposed with the ledges extending in opposite directions.

The vertically movable supporting frame embodies a plurality of cross bars 8, 9 and 10 extending across the face of the guides 6 and spaced thereby from the face of the upright. The cross bars are connected by guide strips 11, secured to their rear faces, and constructed similarly to the guides 6, the ledges 7 on both pairs of guides engaging as shown in Fig. 3 to prevent removal of the support from the upright.

The cross bar 10 is slightly thicker than the others and has a notch at its upper edge forming a reduced portion 12 and a ledge 13 on which the window frame may rest. A putty board l-fl covered on its upper side with a metal plate 15 is secured to the under side of the bar 10, and a stop bar 16 projects below the putty board. It will be seen from Fig. 2 that the window sash projects beyond the ledge 13 so that any putty which may fall while being applied to the window, strikes the board 14, thus obviating the possibility of its sticking to the under edge of the window frame, and keeping the ledge 13 clean at all times. A projecting portion 71 on the stop bar 9 prevents the lateral move ment of the sash on the support in case pressure applied thereto tends to displace it, while the reduced portion 12 of the lower cross bar prevents outward movement of the upper end of the sash when pressure is applied to the lower end thereof while putty mg.

The sash supporting frame is normally moved upwardly by a counter balance, in this case a spring balance C, secured to the bar 3 and connected by a flexible connector 17 with the cross bar 8 of the support. In order to lock the support at any desired height, I provide a toothed locking bar 18 at the lower end of the bar 2, extending to the bottom thereof, and on the under side of the putty board, I secure a sliding locking bolt 19 guided in a casing 20, inclosing a spring 21 for pressing the bolt inwardly, the inner end of the bolt projecting through the stop bar 16 into engagement with the toothed strip 18. The outer end of the bolt is bent downwardly to provide an operating handle 21 and the stop bar 16 projects below the handle, for the purpose of preventing the handle from striking the floor when the sliding support B is moved to its lowermost position.

By reason of the fact that the sash supporting frame is spaced from the upright by the guide strips 6, the locking strip 18 may be secured directly to the face of the bar 2 as shown in Fig. 4 without the necessity of cutting a channel in the cross bars of the support to receive the locking strip.

From the foregoing description, it willbe seen that I have provided a glaziers easel that is of simple construction and capable of being adjusted readily to facilitate the work of the user.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A glaziers easel comprising an upright frame, a sash supporting frame movable on the upright frame to a point in proximity to the surface on which said upright frame is supported, a sash supporting ledge on said sash supporting frame, a putty board carried by said sash supporting frame beneath said ledge, said putty board being at least as long as the ledge so that any putty dropping from a sash on the ledge will be caught by said board, and a stop on said sash supporting frame above the ledge for cooperating with a side rail of a sash resting on the Copies of this patent may be obtained for 2. A glaziers easel comprising an upright frame having guides extending substantially to the base thereof, a sash supporting frame movable on the guides of said upright frame,

and provided with a sash supporting ledge, and with rests above said ledge to support the upper part of the sash supported on the ledge, a putty board projecting forwardly from the sash supporting frame below the ledge and at least as long as the latter to catch putty dropping from a sash on the sash supporting frame, a counterbalance for the sash supporting frame, and a locking device for locking the sash supporting frame against upward movement under the action of the counterbalancing device or downward movement under the weight of a sash on the sash supporting frame.

3. A glaziers easel comprising a pair of upright and connected guide strips having overhanging guides on the front faces thereof extending to the lower ends of said strips, supporting guide strips movable on the guides, cross bars connecting said supporting guide strips, the lowermost cross bar being wider than the others and formed with a ledge for receiving the lower edge of a sash, a putty board secured to the lowermost cross bar and projecting forwardly therefrom, said putty board being at least as long as the lowermost cross bar, a counterbalance connected to the uppermost cross bar, a locking device arranged on the under side of the putty board to hold the sash supporting parts against movement either upwardly or downwardly, and a projection below the putty board to space the locking device from the floor when the sash supporting parts are moved to their lowermost positions.

ALBERT o. STRESING.

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